Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores' has mentioned 'Island' in the following places:
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The epithet do Heroxc3xadsmo ("of Heroism", "the Heroic") was granted to the city by Maria II to commemorate its citizens' successful defense of the island against a Miguelist assault in 1829. | WIKI |
But, the great difficulty in attracting settlers meant that by 22 August 1460, the island was still unpopulated. | WIKI |
The construction of a number of manors, convents, churches, and military fortifications in Angra, infrastructures that were usually inappropriate for a small city (or small island) indicates the important role that Angra played in trans-Atlantic shipping for the Portuguese. | WIKI |
A Spanish fleet of ten warships, commanded by Pedro Valdez, bombarded Angra on 5 July 1581, then began investigating the coast of the island in search of the best landing places. | WIKI |
Badly outnumbered, he won the Battle of Ponta Delgada on 26 July 1582, off the coast of the island of Sxc3xa3o Miguel, against a loose confederation of Portuguese, French, English, and Dutch privateers. | WIKI |
Pedro first installed himself as his brother's regent; then, he arranged Afonso's exile to the island of Terceira in the Azores on the pretense that he was incapable of governing. | WIKI |
In 1818, Almeida Garrett left the island and moved to Coimbra to study at the university's law school. | WIKI |
Maria da Glxc3xb3ria resided on the island from 1830 to 1833;[2] her forces were victorious the following year. | WIKI |
The next day, Darwin hired a horse and some guides and rode to the center of the island where an active volcanic crater was supposed to exist. | WIKI |
The next day, Darwin traveled along the coast road and visited the town of Praia da Vitxc3xb3ria on the northeastern end of the island. | WIKI |
He returned by way of the northern shore, and he crossed the central part of the island on his way back to the Beagle. | WIKI |
He departed on 25 September for the island of Sxc3xa3o Miguel, to pick up any letters that may have been posted to him there. | WIKI |
He was exiled to Lisbon and then to the island of Terceira, where he converted to Catholicism; he lived there until his death. | WIKI |
Angra was hit by a major earthquake on 1 January 1980 that did considerable damage to the city's historic center and to many other locations on the island of Terceira. | WIKI |
The massive shield volcano of Santa Bxc3xa1rbara, the highest peak on the island of Terceira | WIKI |
The harbor, now of little commercial or strategic importance (but formerly a major commercial and military port), is sheltered on the west and southwest by the promontory of Monte Brasil, but, today, it is less important than the neighboring ports of Ponta Delgada on the island of Sxc3xa3o Miguel and Horta on the island of Faial. | WIKI |
The island of Terceira, dating from the 15th century had always been susceptible to attacks by pirates and privateers, first from Barbary coast pirates, but later by European powers who sought to capture spoils from the ships returning from the Far East. | WIKI |
Following the personal union between Spain and Portugal, following the Dynastic Crisis, the need to protect the transit points of the Azores led to construction of several posts and redoubts along the coast of the island. | WIKI |
Most of these churches are from the Mannerist and Baroque periods, and they are remarkably grand if we bear in mind the poor quality of the stone to be found on the island. | WIKI |
Eventually, the bull is funneled through the city streets to the bullring, the Praxc3xa7a de Toiros da Ilha (Island Bullring), in the eastern part of Angra, where a traditional Portuguese-style bullfight is held. | WIKI |
The University of the Azores, which has its principal campus on the island of Sxc3xa3o Miguel, has a subsidiary campus in Angra do Heroxc3xadsmo, where the Department of Agrarian Sciences (Departamento de Cixc3xaancias Agrxc3xa1rias) is located. | WIKI |
Sport Clube Lusitxc3xa2nia is the main football team on the island. | WIKI |
Situated on the mid-Atlantic island of Terceira within the Portuguese Autonomous Region of the Azores, Angra do Heroxc3xadsmo was an obligatory port of call for the fleets of equatorial Africa and of the East and West Indies routes during their voyages to and from Europe from the 15th century until the advent of steamships in the 19th century. | UNESCO |